Chapter 55, Open Up Commercial Roads (1), First Stop

半夜,杜克办完事后,来到书房门口,轻轻敲了敲门.

 

"进来."

 

杜克推开门,看着爸爸的背影,微微低下头,恭敬地说道:"爸爸,完成了.

 

中年男子放下手中的书,转头看向二儿子,沉默了一会儿,说道:"你这次对废土的怪物袭击做得不错.

 

"爸爸,这就是我应该做的."杜克在接受父亲的赞美时脸色平静.

 

看着平凡却勤奋的二儿子,中年男子脸上露出复杂的表情.

 

他们的家庭只是一个小男爵家庭.除了向王国纳税和向上层贵族捐款外,剩余的资源非常有限.培养子嗣已经很困难了.

 

"你的才华平平无奇,我能看到你这些年的辛苦."过了许久,中年男子又说道:"在家里,你以后没有出路了,我想听听你的选择.

 

杜克低着头,什么也没说.

 

蜡烛的光芒在晚风中摇曳.这种光影的变化为周围增添了一种寂静的气氛.

 

"爸爸,我会按照你的指示去做的."

 

经过长时间的思考,杜克决定听从父亲的指示.

 

"明天,我将向你介绍艾克斯家族的先驱.至于你能不能成功,就看你自己了.

 

"是的,爸爸."

 

杜克鞠躬敬礼,走出了房间.

 

走在黑暗的过道上,杜克看起来忧郁.

 

他还在一个多月前了解了很多关于荒野怪物袭击的知识.

 

在不到一年的时间里,艾克斯家族的先驱们建立了一块可以探索的领地,在保留领地的同时,所展现出的强大战力让豺狼们纷纷撤退,转而向内陆地区进攻.

 

他对一个多月前豺狼的战斗场景还记忆犹新.如果不是封锁了城墙,以小城的守卫军,就算是三百多只豺狼也挡不住他们.

 

"I hope he sees me."

 

He doesn't think he has any shining points. He is nothing but hard work.

 

After six hours, the sun rose.

 

Velin got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and walked out of the room.

 

"Sir, are you wearing this?" Raimondo, who was already waiting at the door of the room, looked at Verin's dress and asked in confusion.

 

Velin yawned and said, "Changing clothes is quite troublesome, so be it."

 

After breakfast, Velin took Raimundo and two caravan guards, and a group of four went to the center of the small town to visit the lord of this place.

 

After passing through the dirty streets, we arrived at a relatively clean castle square.

 

A simple-dressed butler watched Verin and the others arrive, immediately greeted them, and said respectfully, "May I ask if it's Lord Verin."

 

"Yes, I am."

 

The housekeeper looked at the calm young man, who didn't look arrogant, and not only breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

 

"Lord, please come with me. The baron has been waiting for a long time."

 

Then, Velin followed the butler into the castle, crossed a relatively spacious stone road, and came to a simple hall.

 

The middle-aged man watched the young man in linen walk in, and immediately got up to meet him, followed by Duke who was standing behind him.

 

"Welcome, young eagle of the Aix family. I am the nobleman of this place, Baron Grosvenor, Wesker Grosvenor."

 

Velin looked at the affable middle-aged uncle, stroked his chest with his right hand, bowed slightly, and said, "Your honor, Lord Baron, take the liberty to disturb, I hope you don't mind."

 

"Hahaha, it's my honor to have you here."

 

After a few courtesies, Wesker warmly entertained Velin to sit down and let the servant serve the precious cakes and wine.

 

Raimondo came behind Velin and stood quietly.

 

As for the other two caravan guards, they were waiting outside.

 

Duke, who was standing behind his father, raised his head slightly and looked at the imposing young man behind the young man. He couldn't see the strength of the other party, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

 

"Then, Velin, I can call you that." Wesker said to Velin with a smile.

 

"Baron Wesker, you can do whatever you want." Verlin sat in the exquisite chair and said gently.

 

"This is the upbringing of a great noble with inheritance." Looking at the powerful and modest young man, Wesker recalled the appearance of the children of the family's superior nobles who came to collect the money that his grandfather was looking for, and couldn't help shaking his head.

 

Immediately after, the two sides chatted about the situation in Cadero Province, allowing Velin, who had stayed in the territory for more than a month, to learn a lot of useful information.

 

The most important thing was that the kingdom had stationed a Silver Knights in this small place in Cadero Province.

 

According to the kingdom's military system, a Silver Knight Order consisted of three Golden Knights, three hundred Silver Knights, three thousand Bronze Knights, and a variable number of Knight attendants, roughly between five thousand and ten thousand.

 

"Baron Wesker, this time, one is to visit the Grosvenor family, and the other is about business." After going around in circles, Verlin said the purpose of the trip.

 

Wesker wasn't surprised when he heard Verrin's words. He had expected it.

 

"I don't know what product it is?"

 

Although the information had been found out, Wesker did not directly tell the truth before this occasion, but asked politely.

 

"Table salt is processed from mineral salt."

 

Raimondo, who was standing behind Velin, took two small cloth bags from his waist and placed them on the long wooden table.

 

Wesker watched the other party make an inviting gesture, and stopped pretending. He took two cloth bags and carefully dumped them on the wooden table.

 

The appearance of the refined mineral salt showed a white crystal clear state, with uniform particles. Wesker took some salt and rubbed it on his fingertips, dry and non-humid, delicate and smooth, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, his eyes shone, and he said in surprise: "High quality, I don't know what your price is?"

 

"How much does the baron think it's worth?"

 

After Wesker heard this, he didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked at another pile of rough-processed salt grains and evaluated them in his mind.

 

After a while, Wesker pointed to the finishing experiment and said, "I would like to bid 25 copper coins a catty for this kind of salt."

 

"As for the other one, it is a little bitter and has poor texture, but it is better than the mineral salt on the market. I am willing to bid ten copper coins a jin to buy it."

 

After Velin heard this, it was not much different from the price he estimated in his heart. He immediately prepared to discuss further, but was interrupted by Wesker's words.

 

"Weilin, we can discuss business matters later. I have something to ask for."